Classifications

• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
  • C05F—ORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C, e.g. FERTILISERS FROM WASTE OR REFUSE
  • C05F3/00—Fertilisers from human or animal excrements, e.g. manure
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C05—FERTILISERS; MANUFACTURE THEREOF
  • C05D—INORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C; FERTILISERS PRODUCING CARBON DIOXIDE
  • C05D9/00—Other inorganic fertilisers
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02A40/00—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production
  • Y02A40/10—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production in agriculture
  • Y02A40/20—Fertilizers of biological origin, e.g. guano or fertilizers made from animal corpses
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
  • Y02P20/00—Technologies relating to chemical industry
  • Y02P20/141—Feedstock
  • Y02P20/145—Feedstock the feedstock being materials of biological origin

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the field of fertilizers. More specifically, the invention relates to a granulated fertilizer composition comprising animal manure and biofuel ash, a method for its production as well as the use of biofuel ash for the manufacture of such a fertilizer composition.
• the present invention overcomes the above problem by providing a new fertilizer composition and a method of its production.
• the new product is a combination of two types of waste products from the farm resulting in a complete fertilizer product with a high nutrient content, without the need for extra addition of nutrients.
• the fertilizer composition according to the present invention comprises biofuel ash and the fibre fraction of animal manure in the form of a granulate.
• the method for producing the fertilizer composition according to the invention comprises mixing the fibre fraction of animal manure with biofuel ash and granulating the mixture.
• biofuel ash is used for ash obtained from the combustion of any type of bio mass, i.e. living matter, including but not limited to, wood, bark, sawdust, wood chips, pellets, forest residues, straw, grass, animal manure, digested animal manure, peat, but excluding fossil fuels such as brown coal (lignite), black coal and oil.
• bio mass i.e. living matter, including but not limited to, wood, bark, sawdust, wood chips, pellets, forest residues, straw, grass, animal manure, digested animal manure, peat, but excluding fossil fuels such as brown coal (lignite), black coal and oil.
• Biofuel ash has got a high content of valuable nutrients such as CaO, K 2 O, MgO, P 2 O 5 and SiO 2 .
• Straw ash has got an especially high content of K 2 O and is especially high in wheat straw ash.
• Ash from animal manure has been shown to be rich in CaO, K 2 Oand SiO 2 .
• Especially preferred biofuel ash for use in the invention according to the present application is ash from straw, wood and animal manure due to their high nutrient content and due to the farmers abundant access to these type of biofuels.
• An advantage of the fertilizer according to the invention is that the farmer may produce the fertilizer from waste products from his own farm. This is an especially big advantage to farms that are run in an ecological way.
• a preferred fertilizer according to the invention comprise ash from wheat straw, preferably at least 50% by weight wheat straw ash.
• Another preferred fertilizer according to the invention comprises ash from the combustion of dewatered and/or digested animal manure.
• organic N has been converted to NH 4 .
• the dewatered and/or digested manure is preferably co-burned with wheat straw.
• biofuel ash Another important property of the biofuel ash is its binding properties. When added to the fibre fraction of the animal manure having a muddy consistency, there is no need for a drying step to obtain the finished fertilizer product.
• the animal manure for the fertilizer according to the invention may be manure from e.g. cattle such as pigs, cows, sheep, horses or from e.g. poultry, mink or fish farms.
• the manure may be used separately or in a mixture from different animals.
• the manure may be taken directly from the animals or after pre-treatment such as coagulation, precipitation, thickening, dewatering and treatment in a digester plant.
• the fibre fraction of the animal manure is the solid portion of the liquid manure, i.e. manure containing undissolved organic and inorganic matter including precipitated dissolved inorganic and organic matter (e.g. phosphates and colloids).
• undissolved organic and inorganic matter including precipitated dissolved inorganic and organic matter (e.g. phosphates and colloids).
• the fibre fraction of the manure may be obtained by e.g. filtration, centrifugation, screw pressing etc.
• a preferred method according to the present invention comprises the steps: admixture of chemical coagulant; flocculation by the admixture of polymer and mechanical separation.
• the addition of chemical coagulant to the manure reduces the soluble phosphorous level in the manure.
• the chemical coagulant may be a trivalent iron compound or an aluminium compound or a mixture of these compounds.
• Preferred coagulants are ferric sulphate and ferric chloride which are used separately or in combination. Increased amounts of coagulants results in an increased phosphorous concentration of the fibre fraction of the manure.
• the fibre fraction may be adjusted to contain 50-99 % by weight of the phosphorous content in the liquid manure by the addition of different amounts of coagulant(s).
• the liquid manure is flocculated by the addition of a polymer or a mixture of polymers, preferably 0.2-1.0 kg/m 3 of polymer is added, preferably of an organic polymer.
• organic polymers are cationic, non-ionic or anionic types and especially the ones approved for food processing purposes.
• the liquid portion and fibre fraction of the manure is mechanically separated by e.g. band-filter, decanter, screw press.
• the liquid manure may be acidified before the addition of the chemical coagulant.
• the acidification reduces the emission of ammonia from the manure.
• the used granulation techniques are the ones known to the man skilled in the art.
• the free water content of the granulated fertilizer is preferably 0.5-2 %.
• a preferred fertilizer according to the invention comprises at least 1.8% phosphorous and at least 4% potassium and thereby fulfills the requirements for a well balanced and complete organic fertilizer.
• the example demonstrates the production of a fertilizer according to the invention and the resulting nutrient content of the finished fertilizer.
• Liquid manure from pig and mink was treated separately in different containers with 5 kg Fe 2 (SO 4 ) 3 (PIX 115 from Kemira) per ton manure.
• 200 g of a cationic polymer (Cytec C 2260) per ton manure was admixed in the different containers to flocculate the manure.
• the liquid portion of the manure was separated by means of a band filter and screw pressing to achieve a DS of 30%.
• 1 part of the fibre fraction of the pig and mink manure respectively was mixed with 1 part wheat straw ash.
• 1 part of the fibre fraction of the pig manure was also mixed with 0.5 part ash from the combustion of the fibre fraction of pig manure and 0.5 part wheat straw ash.

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